Summary: In this episode Neil responds to a Mom with a rude and demanding 13 year-old daughter. Mom feels guilty because she’s been yelling when she gets to the end of her rope. Now she doesn’t know how to respond when she goes to set limits and her daughter, and her daughter points out that Mom’s behavior is just as bad as hers. Neil explains and demonstrates use of “The Talk” as a method to shift out of an old unhealthy pattern into a new and healthy one. By helping Mom take responsibility for her own behavior and making amends, she can now require her daughter to take responsibility for hers. Neil challenges listeners to examine the question of whether we are doing too much for our kids and then being resentful when they take advantage of that. Neil challenges listeners to always require our teenagers’ best. Have a question for Neil? Submit it now for discussion on a future episode of The Healthy Family Connections Podcast: http://neildbrown.com/submit
